PROGRAMS & SERVICES:
CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION:
PROGRAMS & SERVICES
(Updated 12/12/12)

Career & Technical Centers/Comprehensive High Schools
Find information related to programs and services offered by Vermont's regional technical centers and high schools offering technical education programs:

• Location Information
  Locate a technical center/comprehensive high school in the town nearest you.

• Regional Career & Technical Education Centers PDF
  Find technical center director/assistant director contact information, including center address, phone/FAX numbers, and e-mail addresses.

• Regional Career & Technical Education Instructor/Administrator Directory PDF
  This directory is published annually and includes the names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of administrative and support personnel, technical student organizations advisors and program instructors (and programs offered) for each technical centers/comprehensive high schools.

Consultant Assignments
Career and technical education (CTE) in Vermont is delivered through a system of regional career centers aligned with high schools within each region. The CTE staff at the department provide technical assistance and support for program improvement, new program design, state and federal grant compliance and high school transformation initiatives related to CTE. Programs of Study are organized in alignment to the National Career Clusters Model. View consultant assignments listed by:

• Topic Areas

• Career Clusters

Program & Local Plan Design & Approval Information

• Program Approval 
  In order for the programs to be offered for students at Vermont's regional technical centers and comprehensive high schools, approval must be granted. Use this link to view a description of the process and available checklists.

• Local Plan Approval Checklist & Review GuidelinesPDF
  This document provides information about how local plan proposals will be evaluated and may be used to assist in development of the local plan/sub-grants to the local plan.

• Program Cluster Assignments

• Approved Competency Lists 
  Competencies are derived from a collaboration between education and industry and reflect what a student should know and be able to do within a specified scope of a career field. Students demonstrate the acquisition of these competencies through an array of assessments occurring throughout the learning process including portfolio, performance, and structured observation assessments.
  

• Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) CodesPDF
  In this table, career clusters, pathways, occupational codes and CIP codes are cross referenced to provide a unified system. Using this crosswalk, standard labor market data can be aligned to instructional programs. Programs with diverse names but addressing the same learning standards can be organized within this data structure.

Cooperative Education Work-based Learning
Cooperative education fosters the theory of experiential learning. Cooperative education programs establish and maintain strong collaborations (partnerships, associations) between secondary education and key members of industry. In Vermont, cooperative education is composed of four work-based learning categories: job shadow, career work experience, cooperative technical education and student apprenticeship. Use this link to view information designed to help cooperative education coordinators, students and parents get a better grasp on all that is involved with successfully establishing a cooperative education program.

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